Linkspam Emerges Victorious (24 August 2012)

17 Women Startup Leaders Name Their Modern Day Heroines: “I decided to ask leading women in the tech startup world this simple question: What woman in tech startups do you look up to, and why? I got an immediate flood of responses from CEOs and founders who were eager to applaud and promote other women startup leaders.”

Women Gamers: Gaslamp Games forums are amazing: “I also want to say to all of you who want a better games community, here it is. To those who wanted to see things done right, there you have it. I can’t say anymore. This is sincerely, tear-inducingly the best thing that has ever happened to me in the world of games.”

“Genomics: the Power and the Promise” meeting – could be called “Men Studying Genomics” instead – “given that the ratio of men: women in biology is close to 1:1 this suggests to me some sort of bias. Where does this bias come from? I don’t know. Could be at the level of who gets invited. Could be at the level of who accepts. Could be some non obvious criterion for selecting speakers that leads to a bias towards men. I don’t know. But I personally think they could do better.”

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